Organizational Behavior
Significance of ethics in the process of decision making and impact of technology on work-related stress
An important aspect in studying organizational behavior is the relevance and significance of ethics in the process of decision making within an organization. This factor, ethics, is vital because this is where the morale and regard of the organization to its people as well as clients are determined.
Members of an organization often create programmed and non-programmed decisions, and through these decisions, people encounter difficulties or challenges wherein their ethical character will be put into test. In the age of information technology, one might say that ethics is but a remnant of a time when people conduct their business personally and not through computer and Internet technologies. Nevertheless, despite these changes, individuals are, in some way, bound to 'recognize morality,' what is right or wrong, not just because s/he is expected to have it, but s/he is also a human who have personal values wherein his/her ethical character is determined (Mayer, 2001).
Indeed, researches through the years have delved specifically into the relationship between one's ethical behavior and his/her personal values and beliefs. In a study conducted by Nonis and Swift (2001), their research on business ethics showed that "differences in individuals' behavior as evidenced in its ethics...
The emphasis for corporate governance in most companies today shows that, more than ever, there is a need for ethics in a business environment that is slowly succumbing to higher levels of rationalization and depersonalization of work activities (Donaldson, 2003).
Indeed, in a century wherein computer and Internet technologies (ICTs) have a more vital role than human resource, ethical decision-making becomes more important. This is because ICTs, though highly rational in its decision-making, do not have the regard for a decision's effects to the organization and other people. This characteristic of ICTs may result to the creation of a decision that, despite its high rationality, do not benefit the organization or client or worse, the people who become the end-users of the products, information, and service catered to them by…
